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Kurdistan referendum

Reporter Ziv Genesove speaks to residents of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, on election day, May 12, 2018. (Ziv Genesove/ Times of Israel)
May 14, 2018, 2:53 am
As they vote in Iraqi elections, Kurds say they feel abandoned by Israel
On the streets of Iraqi Kurdistan on election day, an Israeli journalist speaks to locals about their relationship with the Jewish state
By Ziv Genesove
Iraqi Kurdistan Jewish representative Sherzad Mamsani speaks at a Holocaust Memorial Day event on May 5, 2016. (Judit Neurink/Times of Israel)
March 15, 2018, 6:53 pm
Kurdistan sacks Jewish community representative to appease Baghdad
Two years after being asked to rebuild a decimated community, Sherzad Mamsani has been removed from his position. The catch: He was an unpaid volunteer
By Judit Neurink
Iraqi Kurdish students from Salahaddin University wave the Kurdish flag as they demonstrate in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region, on December 11, 2017, against the Iraqi prime minister. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
December 19, 2017, 1:55 pm
Protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan for second day
Fallout from September independence referendum continues to fuel anger as Kurdish economy falters and dissension grows
By AFP
A picture taken on October 21, 2017, shows a man holding an Israeli flag alongside the flag of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous region. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
November 30, 2017, 2:24 pm
Kurdish land shouldn’t be treated as enemy territory, Knesset bill proposes
As MKs line up to declare support for Kurdistan, one lawmaker seeks to facilitate contact between Kurds and Israelis
By Dov Lieber
Joel Rubinfeld, founder of the Brussels-based Jewish Coalition for Kurdistan (YouTube screenshot)
November 22, 2017, 8:32 pm
New group fosters Jewish-Kurdish friendship
Alan Dershowitz, Irwin Cotler and Nazi-hunting couple among members of Brussels-based Jewish Coalition for Kurdistan, which backs region’s independence
By JTA
Iraqis Kurds celebrate with the Kurdish flag in the streets of the northern city of Kirkuk on September 25, 2017, as they vote in a referendum on independence. (AFP PHOTO/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
November 20, 2017, 11:11 am
Top Iraqi court declares Kurdish referendum unconstitutional
Judges say decision ‘cancels all consequences and results’ of September 25 independence vote that sparked political crisis
By AFP
Iraqi Kurds fly an Israeli flag and Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 16, 2017. (AFP/Safin Hamed)
October 31, 2017, 7:21 pm
Iraq bans Israeli flags after Kurds wave them at independence rallies
Parliament’s vote in Baghdad comes at request of Shiite Citizen Bloc leader Ammar al-Hakim, who opposed referendum results
By ToI Staff
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani (L) sits next to Iraqi President Fuad Massum during a funeral ceremony at the airport in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah for ex-president Jalal Talabani, on October 6, 2017. (AFP Photo/Shwan Mohammed)
October 29, 2017, 6:22 pm
Kurdish leader Barzani, architect of independence vote, to step down
Announcement by president of autonomous region in Iraq comes after loss of territory and oilfields due to ‘yes’ vote in referendum
By AFP
Syrian Kurds demonstrate in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli against Iraqi forces operation in the multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk and calling upon the international community to defend Kurdish regions in Iraq, October 23, 2017. (AFP/Delil souleiman)
October 25, 2017, 9:09 am
Iraqi Kurdistan offers to ‘freeze’ results of independence vote
Kurdish government calls for an immediate ceasefire and open dialogue with Baghdad
By AFP
An Iraqi Kurdish man holds a picture frame with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R), and Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani during a demonstration outside the UN Office in Irbil, the capital of the autonomous region, on October 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
October 24, 2017, 8:35 pm
Netanyahu: World must take care of Kurds’ future
Praising Kurdish aspirations for independence, PM says Israel has ‘great sympathy for their desires’
By AFP
Ariel Paz-Sawicki
October 23, 2017, 4:05 pm
Ariel Paz-Sawicki
The Kurds are running out of time
World Jewry should back Kurdish independence — and convince the US to tip the scales in its favor
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on October 15, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)
October 20, 2017, 6:06 pm
Netanyahu said to be lobbying world leaders to support Kurds
PM reportedly pressing Europeans, Russians and Americans to support Kurds’ independence and safeguard them from Iraqi advance
By ToI Staff
Iraqi forces advance towards the centre of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 17, 2017, 9:52 am
Trump: US ‘not taking sides’ between Iraqi forces, Kurds
President says ‘We don’t like the fact that they’re clashing’ following Kurdistan independence referendum and escalating tensions
By AFP
Iraqi forces flash the sign for victory as they advance in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk towards the city during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 16, 2017, 7:10 pm
US-led coalition urges Baghdad, Kurds to avoid ‘escalatory actions’
Commanding general calls for dialog between parties so that they remain focused on common enemy, Islamic State
By AFP
Iraqi forces gesture from a river bank across from Kurdish peshmerga positions on October 14, 2017, on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
October 15, 2017, 11:56 am
Iraqi troops in armed standoff with Kurdish forces in Kirkuk
Kurds reject Baghdad’s deadline for withdrawal from positions won over past 3 years, as US tries to cool tempers flaring over independence referendum
By Ahmad Al-Rubaye
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